venant with Yahweh.) As a result Saul becomes hypocritical by searching out a medium or necromancer, which is a consulter of the dead. Saul had previously wiped out all of the mediums and wizards from the land because they were evil in the eyes of Yahweh. Because of his realized hypocrisy, he disguised himself and visited the medium his servants had sought out in Endor. He told the medium to call upon Samuel and so she immediately suspected that he is Saul. She knew that her work was extremely illegal by Saul’s court, so she became afraid until he reassured her that he was permitting the act in that occasion. She then called upon Samuel. Samuel apparently took over the medium’s body or appears in some other way to Saul. So Saul did what he came there for and asked for advise on his latest predicament. The irritated and disturbed Samuel explained that Yahweh is taking away his kingdom and giving it to David because of his disobedience of not carrying out the Lord’s punishment against the Amalekites (according to Mc Carter the dead had some way of knowing God’s plans and had access to them). So, Saul fell to the ground in anguish from the news and lack of energy caused by fasting. The medium quickly attended to him and forced him to eat. Saul and his servants then left. And there the chapter ends. Yahweh took the kingdom from Saul because Saul did not carry out Yahweh’s plan of killing off the Amalekites. Before Saul’s time, during the era of the Passover when the Jews were wandering in the wilderness, the Amalekites reportedly attacked them from behind. This angered Yahweh, and to keep the Covenant, Yahweh forced revenge through Saul’s reign. Saul failed and was punished. God took his kingdom, his army, and his sons, and eventually his life away as punishment for being disobedient. Yahweh had given the kingdom to Saul and easily took it from him. This demonstrates God’s l...
